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City profile · Brazil · South America

São Lourenço da Mata

City population
118,258
#278
in Brazil
#12
in Pernambuco
#4,843
worldwide
BrasíliaSão Lourenço da Mata
-8.002, -35.018 · 1,649 km from Brasília
City population
118,258
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#278
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#4,843
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.1%
of the national population

About São Lourenço da Mata

São Lourenço da Mata is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil with a population of 118,258. It is the 278th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 4,843rd largest worldwide. It lies 1,649 km from Brasília.

Position in Brazil
#278of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Pernambuco
#12of 126
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Rank in region
#12of 126
Distance to capital
to Brasília
Elevation
48 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Recife
Coordinates
-8.002, -35.018
Record updated
2026-07-16
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

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